History of European Integration; Belgium in the European Integration Process; Economic and Monetary Union; The Werner Report; The Delors Report; Belgium and the Maastricht Treaty; The European Bank for Reconstruction and development (EBRD); The World Bank and the transition of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe to a market economy; The Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe; The European League for Economic Cooperation; Robert Triffin; Jean-Charles Snoy et d'Oppuers; Robert Triffin International (association); Bernanrd Snoy et d'Oppuers
Abstract :
[en] In the framework of the research project "Pierre Werner and Europe", interview with Bernard Snoy et d’Oppuers, an official at the World Bank from 1974 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1986, Economic Adviser at the Commission of the European Communities in the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs from 1986 to 1988, Executive Director of the World Bank from 1991 to 1994, Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) from 1994 to 2002 and Chairman of Robert Triffin International since 2008, carried out by the Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l’Europe (CVCE) on 23 October 2015 at his home, the Château de Bois-Seigneur-Isaac, in Ophain, Belgium. The interview was conducted by Dr Elena Danescu, a Researcher at the CVCE, and particularly focuses on the following subjects: the personality and work of his father Jean-Charles Snoy et d’Oppuers, the World Bank in the 1970s and 1980s, the composition and work of the Delors Committee, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Belgium and the Maastricht Treaty negotiations, the transition to democracy of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Working Table on ‘Economic reconstruction, development and cooperation’ within the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe.
Research center :
CVCE - Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l'Europe - Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > Contemporary European History (EHI)
Disciplines :
European & international law Political science, public administration & international relations History Arts & humanities: Multidisciplinary, general & others Finance General economics & history of economic thought International economics Macroeconomics & monetary economics
Author, co-author :
Danescu, Elena ; University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Center for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH)
Klein, Francois ; University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Center for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH)
Baron Snoy et d'Oppuers, Bernard
Language :
French
Title :
Audiovisual work - Interview with Baron Bernard Snoy et d'Oppuers, Ophain, 23 October 2015 (Length: 03:06:30)
The interview
1. Economic Adviser at the European Commission (1986–1988)
2. The composition and work of the Delors Committee
3. Belgium and the Maastricht Treaty negotiations — The creation of the EBRD
4. The World Bank and the transition of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe to a market economy
5. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in the 1990s
6. The Working Table on ‘Economic reconstruction, development and cooperation’ within the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe
7. The European League for Economic Cooperation and Robert Triffin International
8. Overall assessment and conclusions